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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Parents who claim they crave thoughtful entertainment for their kids finally have a movie they can get behind. Read more
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: Wayne Wang's Because of Winn-Dixie tries hard to be sweet but plays like Pollyanna with fleas. Read more
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: [The movie] manages to eradicate any meaningful subtleties that are present in Kate DiCamillo's 2001 Newberry Award-winning children's book. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: Winn-Dixie has a way of growing on you. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: If they let the dog go I think we'd have a better movie. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It's refreshingly free of the overadrenalized overkill and/or saccharine manipulations of so many kid movies. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: Most of the time, you can't go wrong with kids and dogs. Then there's Because of Winn-Dixie. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: In pace, sensibility, and big, beating heart, this is a child's first indie film, and it's the better for it. Read more
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: A dreary, uninspired tale. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Sincere rather than cynical. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: It makes a fine argument for what kid-friendly, Christian-compassionate entertainment can be. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: To Winn-Dixie's great credit, both as a book and as a dandy, dignified movie, there's nothing condescendingly lesson-like in the wisdom India acquires. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: An unhomogenized combination of formulaic family entertainment and cornpone Southern fable. Read more
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Joan Singleton have crafted an utterly faithful film adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's affecting Newbery Honor story. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Though [Jeff] Daniels brings his usual quiet nuance and understated comedy to the role of the grieving preacher, there's no redeeming this slavishly folksy betrayal of what can be dimly discerned of an absorbing and original tale of pain overcome. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: A lopsided but fitfully pleasant daydream for young girls looking to discover their inner hostess: a dog-slobbered Martha Stewart: The Early Years. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Winn-Dixie has everything but the drama, and while that doesn't make it a dog, it never raises it above the status of stuffed toy. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Has some wan jokes, incongruous slapstick and the occasional embarrassment, which may keep it from being as popular as the Newberry Award-winning novel by Kate DiCamillo. Read more
Anita Gates, New York Times: It has old-fashioned and heartwarming written all over it, in heavy black Magic Marker. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Because is proof positive that nostalgia and dogs go together like Winn and Dixie. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Because of Winn-Dixie doesn't have a mean bone in its body, but it's dead in the water. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A touching story about a young girl and her dog, Because of Winn-Dixie is quintessentially cute. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: This is a so-so story that's told incorrectly. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: A whimsical family film about longing and belonging told with gentle humanity. Read more
Lael Loewenstein, Variety: Uneven though it is, Because of Winn-Dixie, based on Kate Di Camillo's novel, is tough to dislike. Read more
Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice: The story seems awkwardly positioned between coming-of-age realism and whimsical fantasy. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Fans of DiCamillo's book should be pleased with how Wang has faithfully preserved the novel's clear-eyed depiction of both pain and joy. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Family-friendly charmer. Read more